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Jin Wang

Wed, Aug 25, 2021 4:25 PM

Hi, Dr. Dayal:

We have never heard such kind of complaints. Can you please send us your .log file?
Thanks.
Jin

From: Daniel Shaw daniel.shaw@ansys.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2021 11:01 AM
To: XANSYS Mailing List Home xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Subject: [Xansys] Re: Problem with ANSYS student

[External Sender]

Dr. Dayal:

Is it just an interactive issue or is the F command also not working?

Regards,
Dan

-----Original Message-----
From: Dayal, Vinay [AER E] vdayal@iastate.edu
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2021 4:29 PM
To: XANSYS Mailing List Home xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Subject: [Xansys] Problem with ANSYS student

[External Sender]

I just loaded the free student version of ANSYS to teach. I have 30-year experience in ANSYS and so I know what I am doing.
I am not able to apply load at a node and I get an error of this type.
Any ANSYS representative around?
Vinay

Dr. Vinay Dayal
Associate Professor
Aerospace Engineering
Faculty Associate
Center for Nondestructive Evaluations
1200 Howe Hall, 537 Bissell Rd
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011

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Hi, Dr. Dayal: We have never heard such kind of complaints. Can you please send us your .log file? Thanks. Jin ________________________________ From: Daniel Shaw <daniel.shaw@ansys.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2021 11:01 AM To: XANSYS Mailing List Home <xansys-temp@list.xansys.org> Subject: [Xansys] Re: Problem with ANSYS student [External Sender] Dr. Dayal: Is it just an interactive issue or is the F command also not working? Regards, Dan -----Original Message----- From: Dayal, Vinay [AER E] <vdayal@iastate.edu> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2021 4:29 PM To: XANSYS Mailing List Home <xansys-temp@list.xansys.org> Subject: [Xansys] Problem with ANSYS student [External Sender] I just loaded the free student version of ANSYS to teach. I have 30-year experience in ANSYS and so I know what I am doing. I am not able to apply load at a node and I get an error of this type. Any ANSYS representative around? Vinay Dr. Vinay Dayal Associate Professor Aerospace Engineering Faculty Associate Center for Nondestructive Evaluations 1200 Howe Hall, 537 Bissell Rd Iowa State University Ames, IA 50011 [cid:3ad19572-9841-4561-b4a6-54c0986f7988] _______________________________________________ Xansys mailing list -- xansys-temp@list.xansys.org To unsubscribe send an email to xansys-temp-leave@list.xansys.org If you are receiving too many emails from XANSYS please consider changing account settings to Digest mode which will send a single email per day. Please send administrative requests such as deletion from XANSYS to xansys-mod@tynecomp.co.uk and not to the list

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Dayal, Vinay [AER E]

Wed, Aug 25, 2021 4:27 PM

I have never had this problem.

Here is the log file.
Vinay

From: Jin Wang jin.wang@ansys.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2021 11:25 AM
To: XANSYS Mailing List Home xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Subject: [Xansys] Re: Problem with ANSYS student

Hi, Dr. Dayal:

We have never heard such kind of complaints. Can you please send us your .log file?
Thanks.
Jin

From: Daniel Shaw daniel.shaw@ansys.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2021 11:01 AM
To: XANSYS Mailing List Home xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Subject: [Xansys] Re: Problem with ANSYS student

[External Sender]

Dr. Dayal:

Is it just an interactive issue or is the F command also not working?

Regards,
Dan

-----Original Message-----
From: Dayal, Vinay [AER E] vdayal@iastate.edu
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2021 4:29 PM
To: XANSYS Mailing List Home xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Subject: [Xansys] Problem with ANSYS student

[External Sender]

I just loaded the free student version of ANSYS to teach. I have 30-year experience in ANSYS and so I know what I am doing.
I am not able to apply load at a node and I get an error of this type.
Any ANSYS representative around?
Vinay

Dr. Vinay Dayal
Associate Professor
Aerospace Engineering
Faculty Associate
Center for Nondestructive Evaluations
1200 Howe Hall, 537 Bissell Rd
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011

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I have never had this problem. Here is the log file. Vinay ________________________________ From: Jin Wang <jin.wang@ansys.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2021 11:25 AM To: XANSYS Mailing List Home <xansys-temp@list.xansys.org> Subject: [Xansys] Re: Problem with ANSYS student Hi, Dr. Dayal: We have never heard such kind of complaints. Can you please send us your .log file? Thanks. Jin ________________________________ From: Daniel Shaw <daniel.shaw@ansys.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2021 11:01 AM To: XANSYS Mailing List Home <xansys-temp@list.xansys.org> Subject: [Xansys] Re: Problem with ANSYS student [External Sender] Dr. Dayal: Is it just an interactive issue or is the F command also not working? Regards, Dan -----Original Message----- From: Dayal, Vinay [AER E] <vdayal@iastate.edu> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2021 4:29 PM To: XANSYS Mailing List Home <xansys-temp@list.xansys.org> Subject: [Xansys] Problem with ANSYS student [External Sender] I just loaded the free student version of ANSYS to teach. I have 30-year experience in ANSYS and so I know what I am doing. I am not able to apply load at a node and I get an error of this type. Any ANSYS representative around? Vinay Dr. Vinay Dayal Associate Professor Aerospace Engineering Faculty Associate Center for Nondestructive Evaluations 1200 Howe Hall, 537 Bissell Rd Iowa State University Ames, IA 50011 [cid:3ad19572-9841-4561-b4a6-54c0986f7988] _______________________________________________ Xansys mailing list -- xansys-temp@list.xansys.org To unsubscribe send an email to xansys-temp-leave@list.xansys.org If you are receiving too many emails from XANSYS please consider changing account settings to Digest mode which will send a single email per day. Please send administrative requests such as deletion from XANSYS to xansys-mod@tynecomp.co.uk and not to the list _______________________________________________ Xansys mailing list -- xansys-temp@list.xansys.org To unsubscribe send an email to xansys-temp-leave@list.xansys.org If you are receiving too many emails from XANSYS please consider changing account settings to Digest mode which will send a single email per day. Please send administrative requests such as deletion from XANSYS to xansys-mod@tynecomp.co.uk and not to the list

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Caba, Aaron (US)

Wed, Aug 25, 2021 7:07 PM

Andrew,

From you list it looks like DM is a better fit for you, but you may benefit from looking at incorporating SCDM into some of your workflows. I use both SCDM and DM, but for different things.

DM:
When I need parametric geometry, or need persistent operations on imported CAD geometry, DM is the winner. DM is also better at Boolean operations than SCDM. One-off geometry cleanup is labor intensive - create a plane, create a sketch instance, draw the sketch, extrude/revolve the sketch - lots of clicks. But then you have the features to reuse if the upstream geometry changes.

SCDM:
If you are looking for one-off CAD cleanup and geometry prep, then SCDM is the clear winner hands-down. The ability to delete fillets and holes with one button - select the surfaces & hit the "F" key. Need to move a body in space - click the 'Move' tool and drag/rotate it into position in real time. Close up a 0.010" gap between surfaces - click surface, then pull up-to other surface - 2 clicks and 2 keyboard characters. Need to extract the fluid volume from an solid model - 3 clicks. SC has become my go to tool for geometry preparation. Need to split some solids for easier meshing/BC application - 2 clicks.

Where SCDM falls down is keeping persistent geometry operations on CAD data. No tree, just raw operations on the geometry. There are parameters in SCDM, and I've tried over the years to use them but they never seem to work right and are hard to implement to boot. You can script the operations in SCDM, but it uses Python and is hard to read, hard to implement, and hard to maintain IMHO. The newest version of SCDM has promised a feature tree of some kind but I haven't bothered to look at it.

Aaron C. Caba, Ph.D.
Sr. Principal R&D Engineer
BAE Systems, Inc.
4050 Peppers Ferry Road, Radford VA 24143-0100
www.baesystems.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Testi Riccardo riccardo.testi@piaggio.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2021 3:31 AM
To: XANSYS Mailing List Home xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Subject: [Xansys] Re: [WB] Preserving SCDM Edits across source CAD refreshes

Dear Mr. Kelly,
I haven't felt the need yet to switch from DM to SCDM. The main reason is DM's refreshing feature; I must often deal with many variants of the same CAD model (Creo, btw), and having the possibility to refresh the imported geometry while preserving most of the modifications done in DM is really handy.
I saw that Ansys Inc. has included a sort of journal-saving feature in SCDM, to record all the activities and execute them again. That should replicate DM's refreshing feature.
I have always had the impression that SCDM was (and still is) aimed at users with little familiarity with the CAD tools used to generate the geometries their FEM models are based upon. If you can manipulate your geometry both in DM and in the CAD tool, I still see non reason to switch to SCDM.

Best regards
Riccardo Testi

Development and Strategies
2 Wheeler Engines Technical Centre
Piaggio & C. S.p.A
Viale Rinaldo Piaggio, 25
56025 Pontedera (Pisa) - ITALY
Phone: +39 0587 272850
Fax: +39 0587 272010
Mobile: +39 339 7241918
E-mail: riccardo.testi@piaggio.com

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From: Kelly, Andrew via Xansys xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Sent: lunedì 23 agosto 2021 21:35
To: xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Cc: Kelly, Andrew Andrew.Kelly@Honeywell.com
Subject: [Xansys] [WB] Preserving SCDM Edits across source CAD refreshes

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Long time DM / Mechanical user. Ansys is pushing SpaceClaim hard. I've gone through the Ansys Learning Hub's SpaceClaim Introduction course and I wasn't impressed. SCDM seems directed at a different audience than DM. Wondering what others' experience is.

What do you gain by switching CAD import and processing from DM to SCDM?

What do you lose by switching CAD import and processing from DM to SCDM?

CAD is Creo Parametric (3D solid parts and assemblies).

Most simulations are Static Structural. 90% 3D / 10% 2D. Occasionally Modal, Harmonic Response, Random Vibration, Eigenvalue Buckling, etc.

Occasionally, I'll use DX to perform DOE, Response Surface analysis, etc. with inputs as different CAD model dimensions.

DM is common for

Imprint faces and edges (e.g. contacts and boundary conditions)
De-featuring / Re-featuring (e.g. depending on source file fidelity and FEA model simplification)
Extracting 2D faces from 3D solid (e.g. axisymmetric)
Point Loads / Hard points (e.g. vertices and nodes at exactly "this" location).
Creo coordinate system and datum point import
Beam modeling (e.g. bolted joint analysis using beam elements with Mechanical "bolt load" boundary condition).
Creo CAD dimensions / parameters
Named Selection processing (e.g. collecting Creo features on a Creo layer and being able to reference the resulting edges / faces / bodies as a Mechanical Named Selection or Mechanical APDL Component).
Refreshing CAD changes in Mechanical or pushing CAD changes from Workbench / DX.

-- Andrew

Andrew Kelly, P.E.
Principal Engineer
Honeywell | Sensing & IoT
2080 Arlingate Lane
Columbus, OH 43228
Office: 614.850.7818
Toll Free: 800.848.6564
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Andrew, From you list it looks like DM is a better fit for you, but you may benefit from looking at incorporating SCDM into some of your workflows. I use both SCDM and DM, but for different things. DM: When I need parametric geometry, or need persistent operations on imported CAD geometry, DM is the winner. DM is also better at Boolean operations than SCDM. One-off geometry cleanup is labor intensive - create a plane, create a sketch instance, draw the sketch, extrude/revolve the sketch - lots of clicks. But then you have the features to reuse if the upstream geometry changes. SCDM: If you are looking for one-off CAD cleanup and geometry prep, then SCDM is the clear winner hands-down. The ability to delete fillets and holes with one button - select the surfaces & hit the "F" key. Need to move a body in space - click the 'Move' tool and drag/rotate it into position in real time. Close up a 0.010" gap between surfaces - click surface, then pull up-to other surface - 2 clicks and 2 keyboard characters. Need to extract the fluid volume from an solid model - 3 clicks. SC has become my go to tool for geometry preparation. Need to split some solids for easier meshing/BC application - 2 clicks. Where SCDM falls down is keeping persistent geometry operations on CAD data. No tree, just raw operations on the geometry. There are parameters in SCDM, and I've tried over the years to use them but they never seem to work right and are hard to implement to boot. You can script the operations in SCDM, but it uses Python and is hard to read, hard to implement, and hard to maintain IMHO. The newest version of SCDM has promised a feature tree of some kind but I haven't bothered to look at it. Aaron C. Caba, Ph.D. Sr. Principal R&D Engineer BAE Systems, Inc. 4050 Peppers Ferry Road, Radford VA 24143-0100 www.baesystems.com -----Original Message----- From: Testi Riccardo <riccardo.testi@piaggio.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2021 3:31 AM To: XANSYS Mailing List Home <xansys-temp@list.xansys.org> Subject: [Xansys] Re: [WB] Preserving SCDM Edits across source CAD refreshes Dear Mr. Kelly, I haven't felt the need yet to switch from DM to SCDM. The main reason is DM's refreshing feature; I must often deal with many variants of the same CAD model (Creo, btw), and having the possibility to refresh the imported geometry while preserving most of the modifications done in DM is really handy. I saw that Ansys Inc. has included a sort of journal-saving feature in SCDM, to record all the activities and execute them again. That should replicate DM's refreshing feature. I have always had the impression that SCDM was (and still is) aimed at users with little familiarity with the CAD tools used to generate the geometries their FEM models are based upon. If you can manipulate your geometry both in DM and in the CAD tool, I still see non reason to switch to SCDM. Best regards Riccardo Testi --- Development and Strategies 2 Wheeler Engines Technical Centre Piaggio & C. S.p.A Viale Rinaldo Piaggio, 25 56025 Pontedera (Pisa) - ITALY Phone: +39 0587 272850 Fax: +39 0587 272010 Mobile: +39 339 7241918 E-mail: riccardo.testi@piaggio.com -----Original Message----- From: Kelly, Andrew via Xansys <xansys-temp@list.xansys.org> Sent: lunedì 23 agosto 2021 21:35 To: xansys-temp@list.xansys.org Cc: Kelly, Andrew <Andrew.Kelly@Honeywell.com> Subject: [Xansys] [WB] Preserving SCDM Edits across source CAD refreshes CAUTION:This email originated from outside the Piaggio Group. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Long time DM / Mechanical user. Ansys is pushing SpaceClaim hard. I've gone through the Ansys Learning Hub's SpaceClaim Introduction course and I wasn't impressed. SCDM seems directed at a different audience than DM. Wondering what others' experience is. What do you gain by switching CAD import and processing from DM to SCDM? What do you lose by switching CAD import and processing from DM to SCDM? CAD is Creo Parametric (3D solid parts and assemblies). Most simulations are Static Structural. 90% 3D / 10% 2D. Occasionally Modal, Harmonic Response, Random Vibration, Eigenvalue Buckling, etc. Occasionally, I'll use DX to perform DOE, Response Surface analysis, etc. with inputs as different CAD model dimensions. DM is common for * Imprint faces and edges (e.g. contacts and boundary conditions) * De-featuring / Re-featuring (e.g. depending on source file fidelity and FEA model simplification) * Extracting 2D faces from 3D solid (e.g. axisymmetric) * Point Loads / Hard points (e.g. vertices and nodes at exactly "this" location). * Creo coordinate system and datum point import * Beam modeling (e.g. bolted joint analysis using beam elements with Mechanical "bolt load" boundary condition). * Creo CAD dimensions / parameters * Named Selection processing (e.g. collecting Creo features on a Creo layer and being able to reference the resulting edges / faces / bodies as a Mechanical Named Selection or Mechanical APDL Component). * Refreshing CAD changes in Mechanical or pushing CAD changes from Workbench / DX. -- Andrew Andrew Kelly, P.E. Principal Engineer Honeywell | Sensing & IoT 2080 Arlingate Lane Columbus, OH 43228 Office: 614.850.7818 Toll Free: 800.848.6564 Fax: 614.850.1111 andrew.kelly@honeywell.com<mailto:andrew.kelly@honeywell.com> measurementsensors.honeywell.com Twitter: @honeywell This email and any accompanying attachments are intended for the addressee(s) only and may be confidential. If received in error, please keep contents confidential, notify the sender, and delete this email (and any copies and attachments). _______________________________________________ Xansys mailing list -- xansys-temp@list.xansys.org To unsubscribe send an email to xansys-temp-leave@list.xansys.org If you are receiving too many emails from XANSYS please consider changing account settings to Digest mode which will send a single email per day. Please send administrative requests such as deletion from XANSYS to xansys-mod@tynecomp.co.uk and not to the list PIAGGIO & C. S.p.A. - Sede legale: Viale Rinaldo Piaggio 25, 56025 Pontedera (PI) Italy - R.E.A. Pisa 134077 - Capitale Sociale Euro 207.613.944,37 i.v. - Reg. Imprese Pisa e Codice fiscale 04773200011 - Direzione e coordinamento IMMSI S.p.A The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any disclosure, distribution or other use of this message by any subject different from the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you received this by mistake, please notify us immediately and delete this communication. _______________________________________________ Xansys mailing list -- xansys-temp@list.xansys.org To unsubscribe send an email to xansys-temp-leave@list.xansys.org If you are receiving too many emails from XANSYS please consider changing account settings to Digest mode which will send a single email per day. 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CA

Caba, Aaron (US)

Wed, Aug 25, 2021 7:15 PM

FYI - ANSYS is hosting a Webinar about SCDM for 2021R2 that might help answer some of these questions:

https://www.ansys.com/events/ansys-2021-r2-geometry-modeling-update?p=ozen

Aaron C. Caba, Ph.D.
Sr. Principal R&D Engineer II
BAE Systems, Inc. | Ordnance Systems, Inc.

Office: +1 540 639 7086 | Mobile: +1 540 230 3906 | E-mail: aaron.caba@baesystems.com | Mail: 4050 Peppers Ferry Road, Radford VA 24143-0100
www.baesystems.com

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Subject: [Xansys] Re: [WB] Preserving SCDM Edits across source CAD refreshes

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On Aug 23, 2021, at 2:34 PM, Kelly, Andrew via Xansys xansys-temp@list.xansys.org wrote:

Long time DM / Mechanical user. Ansys is pushing SpaceClaim hard. I've gone through the Ansys Learning Hub's SpaceClaim Introduction course and I wasn't impressed. SCDM seems directed at a different audience than DM. Wondering what others' experience is.

Interesting comment. I just went through something of the sort with Photoshop. I get the distinct impression that both ANSYS and Adobe are doing their best to force their users into a particular mold, rather than aim the software design at the work requirements of the user. Probably that's good for software sales, but it isn't so good for user efficiency.

Christopher Wright P.E. (ret'd) |"They couldn't hit an elephant at
chrisw@skypoint.com | this distance" (last words of Gen.
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FYI - ANSYS is hosting a Webinar about SCDM for 2021R2 that might help answer some of these questions: https://www.ansys.com/events/ansys-2021-r2-geometry-modeling-update?p=ozen Aaron C. Caba, Ph.D. Sr. Principal R&D Engineer II BAE Systems, Inc. | Ordnance Systems, Inc. Office: +1 540 639 7086 | Mobile: +1 540 230 3906 | E-mail: aaron.caba@baesystems.com | Mail: 4050 Peppers Ferry Road, Radford VA 24143-0100 www.baesystems.com -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Wright <chrisw@skypoint.com> Sent: Monday, August 23, 2021 3:49 PM To: XANSYS Mailing List Home <xansys-temp@list.xansys.org> Subject: [Xansys] Re: [WB] Preserving SCDM Edits across source CAD refreshes External Email Alert This email has been sent from an account outside of the BAE Systems network. Please treat the email with caution, especially if you are requested to click on a link, decrypt/open an attachment, or enable macros. For further information on how to spot phishing, access OSI IT Policies and report phishing by forwarding mail to phishing@baesystems.com. > On Aug 23, 2021, at 2:34 PM, Kelly, Andrew via Xansys <xansys-temp@list.xansys.org> wrote: > > Long time DM / Mechanical user. Ansys is pushing SpaceClaim hard. I've gone through the Ansys Learning Hub's SpaceClaim Introduction course and I wasn't impressed. SCDM seems directed at a different audience than DM. Wondering what others' experience is. Interesting comment. I just went through something of the sort with Photoshop. I get the distinct impression that both ANSYS and Adobe are doing their best to force their users into a particular mold, rather than aim the software design at the work requirements of the user. Probably that's good for software sales, but it isn't so good for user efficiency. Christopher Wright P.E. (ret'd) |"They couldn't hit an elephant at chrisw@skypoint.com | this distance" (last words of Gen. | John Sedgwick, Spotsylvania (1864) http://www.skypoint.com/members/chrisw/ _______________________________________________ Xansys mailing list -- xansys-temp@list.xansys.org To unsubscribe send an email to xansys-temp-leave@list.xansys.org If you are receiving too many emails from XANSYS please consider changing account settings to Digest mode which will send a single email per day. Please send administrative requests such as deletion from XANSYS to xansys-mod@tynecomp.co.uk and not to the list

JW

Jin Wang

Wed, Aug 25, 2021 10:29 PM

Hi Dr. Dayal:

Unfortunately, this is a MAPDL GUI defect introduced at 2021R1. I am sorry. Please use an earlier version or command inputs directly. The defect has been fixed at new development version, but users have no access yet. We are going to discuss with our product management team to see what else we can do.

Thank you for reporting this.
Best,
Jin

From: Dayal, Vinay [AER E] vdayal@iastate.edu
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2021 12:27 PM
To: XANSYS Mailing List Home xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Subject: [Xansys] Re: Problem with ANSYS student

[External Sender]

I have never had this problem.

Here is the log file.
Vinay

From: Jin Wang jin.wang@ansys.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2021 11:25 AM
To: XANSYS Mailing List Home xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Subject: [Xansys] Re: Problem with ANSYS student

Hi, Dr. Dayal:

We have never heard such kind of complaints. Can you please send us your .log file?
Thanks.
Jin

From: Daniel Shaw daniel.shaw@ansys.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2021 11:01 AM
To: XANSYS Mailing List Home xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Subject: [Xansys] Re: Problem with ANSYS student

[External Sender]

Dr. Dayal:

Is it just an interactive issue or is the F command also not working?

Regards,
Dan

-----Original Message-----
From: Dayal, Vinay [AER E] vdayal@iastate.edu
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2021 4:29 PM
To: XANSYS Mailing List Home xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Subject: [Xansys] Problem with ANSYS student

[External Sender]

I just loaded the free student version of ANSYS to teach. I have 30-year experience in ANSYS and so I know what I am doing.
I am not able to apply load at a node and I get an error of this type.
Any ANSYS representative around?
Vinay

Dr. Vinay Dayal
Associate Professor
Aerospace Engineering
Faculty Associate
Center for Nondestructive Evaluations
1200 Howe Hall, 537 Bissell Rd
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011

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Hi Dr. Dayal: Unfortunately, this is a MAPDL GUI defect introduced at 2021R1. I am sorry. Please use an earlier version or command inputs directly. The defect has been fixed at new development version, but users have no access yet. We are going to discuss with our product management team to see what else we can do. Thank you for reporting this. Best, Jin ________________________________ From: Dayal, Vinay [AER E] <vdayal@iastate.edu> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2021 12:27 PM To: XANSYS Mailing List Home <xansys-temp@list.xansys.org> Subject: [Xansys] Re: Problem with ANSYS student [External Sender] I have never had this problem. Here is the log file. Vinay ________________________________ From: Jin Wang <jin.wang@ansys.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2021 11:25 AM To: XANSYS Mailing List Home <xansys-temp@list.xansys.org> Subject: [Xansys] Re: Problem with ANSYS student Hi, Dr. Dayal: We have never heard such kind of complaints. Can you please send us your .log file? Thanks. Jin ________________________________ From: Daniel Shaw <daniel.shaw@ansys.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2021 11:01 AM To: XANSYS Mailing List Home <xansys-temp@list.xansys.org> Subject: [Xansys] Re: Problem with ANSYS student [External Sender] Dr. Dayal: Is it just an interactive issue or is the F command also not working? Regards, Dan -----Original Message----- From: Dayal, Vinay [AER E] <vdayal@iastate.edu> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2021 4:29 PM To: XANSYS Mailing List Home <xansys-temp@list.xansys.org> Subject: [Xansys] Problem with ANSYS student [External Sender] I just loaded the free student version of ANSYS to teach. I have 30-year experience in ANSYS and so I know what I am doing. I am not able to apply load at a node and I get an error of this type. Any ANSYS representative around? Vinay Dr. Vinay Dayal Associate Professor Aerospace Engineering Faculty Associate Center for Nondestructive Evaluations 1200 Howe Hall, 537 Bissell Rd Iowa State University Ames, IA 50011 [cid:3ad19572-9841-4561-b4a6-54c0986f7988] _______________________________________________ Xansys mailing list -- xansys-temp@list.xansys.org To unsubscribe send an email to xansys-temp-leave@list.xansys.org If you are receiving too many emails from XANSYS please consider changing account settings to Digest mode which will send a single email per day. Please send administrative requests such as deletion from XANSYS to xansys-mod@tynecomp.co.uk and not to the list _______________________________________________ Xansys mailing list -- xansys-temp@list.xansys.org To unsubscribe send an email to xansys-temp-leave@list.xansys.org If you are receiving too many emails from XANSYS please consider changing account settings to Digest mode which will send a single email per day. Please send administrative requests such as deletion from XANSYS to xansys-mod@tynecomp.co.uk and not to the list _______________________________________________ Xansys mailing list -- xansys-temp@list.xansys.org To unsubscribe send an email to xansys-temp-leave@list.xansys.org If you are receiving too many emails from XANSYS please consider changing account settings to Digest mode which will send a single email per day. Please send administrative requests such as deletion from XANSYS to xansys-mod@tynecomp.co.uk and not to the list